[HotSnoJ]

Forum (favorites folder) -> right click -> open in tabs -> pwnz all

'nother way I do it.
Go to a forum -> ctrl+left click -> tabbed browsing -> pwnz more

[Taristin]

hm. I have to click the third button on my mouse to get tabbed browsing with FF, otherwise it opens a new window...

But I prefer it to MS, which would die on me, or screw up 90% of my files somehow...

[Tiara]

And you can select tables in Firefox. Excellent for ripping off other websites :p:drevil:

[Lonestar]

I never saw the reasoning behind downloading yet another browser to surf with when XP comes with its very own browser, which is stable.

I dont have to download anything extra
never need a plugin
never looking for a faq on how to turn something on or off

I simply hit the E and surf the net without a problem.

So again, why go to another browser and install it with a browser you already have, just to prefer the browser you installed over the default one?

Seems like a waste of time to me considering IE is supported, and the others are not as supported. Why waste your time and energy on something that doesnt work quite as well?

Sometimes i think people just want to be different just to be different, like they are cool or something.

Tried mozilla and tried netscape and other horrid browser, none of them were as easy to use, or as hassle free as IE was. So if it aint broke, why fix it?

[HotSnoJ]

"Make something so even a fool can use it, and only a fool will use it." ~ Unknown

[Taristin]

IE is stable... to a point.  Until the back button stops working, or programs automatically download and execute themselves, or IE starts reaming the net on it's own... or...

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Lonestar
Seems like a waste of time to me considering IE is supported, and the others are not as supported. Why waste your time and energy on something that doesnt work quite as well?

Fine but if you accidently visit a dodgy website and suddenly find your computer has been exploited will you still feel the same?

Originally posted by Lonestar
Tried mozilla and tried netscape and other horrid browser, none of them were as easy to use, or as hassle free as IE was. So if it aint broke, why fix it?

I installed Firebird on my mums computer last week. I told her "Favourites is now called Bookmarks" and left her to it. Haven't heard a peep out of her yet about the difference.

If you're having trouble using Mozilla then there is something wrong with you.

[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by Lonestar
...Sometimes i think people just want to be different just to be different, like they are cool or something....

I don't know about you or anyone else, but I'm a hacker (y'know, the old-fashioned kind of hacker). That means I like tinkering with my computer (or anything else really) to get it exactly how I want. So alternatives are worthwhile for people like us.

Also, you've got to understand that these people who come out with open source projects and the like are usually doing it for fun. They just want to have fun writing a really good, neat program. If others like the program too, even better. So you're missing the point really.

[Sandwich]

The reasons I dislike (such a politically-correct word... I'm aghast at using it!) IE is because it sucks.

• As a web developer / webmaster, you should dislike IE for some of the same reasons I do. It does not support standards at any level worth mentioning - unless you're comparing it against Lynx in the "PNG Render Quality" competition (hint: Lynx is a text-only browser). Specifically, CSS2 support does not exist, CSS1 (which it supposedly fully supports) is both incomplete and very buggy), PNG support does not support anything beyond what you could get out of plain GIF or JPG formats, and it STILL has that effing lack of TD font size inheritance and the damned misguided "Show the IMG ALT attribute value as a tooltip" feature, which has deceived webmasters the world over as to the real purposes for the ALT and TITLE attributes!
• For the end-user, IE is like locking your front door and placing the key on the floor right inside the pet door. With more holes than a donut factory, IE places its users in actual risk from the increasing dangers of virii, spyware, phishing scams, and more.

[WMCoolmon]

For me, the impression of Firefox vs IE I get is that of stability and reliability vs speed and flimsiness. Yes, IE loads things faster and usually runs faster, but it's the Big Target for security exploits and isn't standards-friendly, plus it has so many features it's hard to keep track of what's on and what's off. Don't even get me started on ActiveX, the one page-virus I've run into was an ActiveX virus - fortunately my AV prog caught it.

Yes, I think I just reworded Sandwich's post.

"Make something so even a fool can use it, and only a fool will use it." ~ Unknown

It's only too bad so many in the software business share this sentiment.

And no, I'm not saying they make things too easy to use.

[mitac]

Originally posted by Kalfireth
I wanted to like FireFox but I just find alt-tabbing between IE windows to be much more simple. That and I really don't have any issues with it... it works fine, fast and generally problem free for me.

Why not use windows with Firefox? I never use tabs and alt-tabbing between Firefox windows works just fine.

[IceFire]

Actually...I think Firefox is faster than IE as well.

The simple answer to why to switch is becuase of security.  Hands down, IE is the worst possible security hazard on your computer.  The big new attacks go after Microsoft server software and then attack IE users when they browse websites.  Legit and big name websites have evidently been attacked by these exploits.  Microsofts answer to that was to shut down some kind of database linking system.  Apparently if you own software that utilizes that linking system you're screwed right now.  IE is far too close to the OS for anyones liking...its a security hazard.

Secondly, Firefox works just as well as IE does and its just as easy to use.  I find it faster, more streamlined, with less bugs, it reads HTML in a truer standard (as far as I know, full W3C compliance...IE is only halfway there)....the only thing is that it loads Java more slowly.  Not a big loss there.

Oh and built in tabbed browsing, google search, and pop-up blocker.  Its really great...stick with IE if you must but its a worthy change.

[Thorn]

The icon for IE isn't even on my desktop or start menu anymore. If I wanted to use it, I'd have to use the Run command.
If I had my way I'd completely remove it, but then Windows would be virtually useless...

[jdjtcagle]

?
useless....?

[Thorn]

Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer are one and the same. It's always running. If it isn't, then you can't browse files. All you would see is your desktop BG, no icons.

[jdjtcagle]

Hmmm... didn't know that

[Sandwich]

Yeah... try typing in  url - http and all - into WINDOWS EXPLORER. You'll have Internet Exploder on a stick.

And that's also probably one of the reasons IE runs relatively fast - it's always running.

[Thorn]

It starts fast. Running fast is a completely different thing.

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Thorn
It starts fast. Running fast is a completely different thing.

When I start up Firefox it takes a few secs to load (2 or 3 at most) but when it loads sites its faster then IE.

IE might start up faster (in less then a second for me) but sites are loaded much slower.

i agree

[karajorma]

Originally posted by IceFire
google search

The google search is great and I knew you could add other search engines but it was only recently that I noticed it doesn't end at search engines

You can make it search any site that has a plugin so in addition to google searches I can search the IMDB or Dictionary.com without first having to load up the site and find their search option.

That alone makes it worth swapping from IE for me